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Finnish
Etymology
uusi (“new”) + -inen. Originally "firstfruit", like in the Bible. The sense "news (item)" is attested since 1835.
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uutinen
- news, news item, item of news; tiding (individual piece of new information)
Tämän on päivän tärkein uutinen- This is the most important news of today.
Hän ei ymmärtänyt, miksi jutusta tuli uutinen; se ei näyttänyt hänestä lainkaan uutisarvoiselta.- He had no idea why the story made news; it did not seem at all newsworthy to him.
- (in the plural) news (new information of interest)
Oletko kuullut viimeiset uutiset Brexitistä?- Have you heard the latest news about Brexit?
- (in the plural) news (report of current events)
Mitä uutisissa on tänään?- What's in the news today?
- (usually as modifier in compounds) first fruits of (first harvest)
- uutisvilja ― first fruits of grain
- (biblical, in the plural) firstfruit, first fruits (offering of the first of the harvest)
1933/1938, Pyhä Raamattu [The Holy Bible], Helsinki: Suomen Pipliaseura, Viides Mooseksen Kirja (Deuteronomy) 26:10:Ja katso, nyt minä tuon uutiset sen maan hedelmistä, jonka sinä, Herra, minulle annoit. Niin aseta ne Herran, sinun Jumalasi, eteen ja kumartaen rukoile Herran, sinun Jumalasi, edessä- And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, o Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God
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